Associate Scientist Analytical Development
- United States

UniQure (company)

Project Description

Place in the Organization:

uniQure is dedicated to bringing innovative therapies or unmet medical needs to patients. In doing so each function in uniQure is directly or indirectly responsible for the lives of patients. This responsibility should be part of our day-to-day working lives by (i) living up to high quality standards and (ii) by recognizing the sense of urgency in areas of high medical need.

The Process Development (PD) department is part of uniQure’s Operations organization. This department is responsible for the development of GMP manufacturing processes and analytical methods of our AAV-based gene therapy products. Analytical Development group in PD is responsible for the late stage assay development, qualification, method transfer to QC, assay validation support, assay remediation, as well as internal analytical testing support. This Scientist position is located in Lexington, MA and reports to the Sr. Manager of Analytical Development. This individual will establish analytical assay capability, provide technical support and interact extensively with other groups within uniQure, including Upstream and Downstream teams in Process Development, early stage Analytical Development, Quality Control, Manufacturing, Engineering, QA and Regulatory Affair etc.

Establish critical analytical assays, participate in building up a new analytical lab for the method development and optimization, as well as the testing supports of PD studies including HPLC, ELISA, Cell-based assay, SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting, and other requested assays

Develop and transfer qualified assays to QC, and support assay validation and assay trouble shooting

Provide analytical support in cross-functional project teams, investigation teams and the CMC teams

Qualifications & Skills:

B.S or M.S degree in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics or related disciplines with a minimum of 2 years of relevant post-graduation experience (including experience in biotech industry) is required

Hands-on experience in analytical development of biologics is required, experience in viral vaccines or gene therapy is a plus